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Essie Top Coat

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Essie Top Coat doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Ranks 1,012 of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · −7 vs the category median of 47

Market size 11Growth 57Conversion 94Competition 24Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 21Brand share 0Review moat 42Quality gap 38
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Essie Top Coat profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Essie Top Coat is a €46K/yr Amazon Germany market (52K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Essie Top Coat: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +31.5% over the last 90 days and 11.8% of searches end in a purchase.

€46K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+31.5%52K
Conversion rate11.8%
Avg price€7.43

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 47
Top-5 product click share71%
Open market0%
Avg brand age74 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 13 products

Sponsored placement92%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,314

Top Essie Top Coat products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€5K€9K€14K€18K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

47

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • essie90%
  • Manhattan5%
  • Essence Cosmetics5%

Essie Top Coat demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume52KCVR11.8%Products13Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews2,314Avg BSR#30
10K6KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Top Essie Top Coat search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • essie top coat19K/yr
  • top coat nagellack9K/yr
  • essie gel couture top coat9K/yr
  • überlack5K/yr
  • nagellack top coat4K/yr
  • essie überlack4K/yr
  • überlack nagellack3K/yr
  • überlack für nägel593/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Essie Top Coat

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

86% of reviews
Haltbarkeit16%

Nagellack der mal hält

Qualität insgesamt13%

Bestes Produkt seiner Art

Lackqualität13%

Bester Nagellack

Helligkeit/Glanz/Glühen10%

Brillanter Gel-Glanz mit Studio-Finish – Ohne UV-Licht

Feucht/Trocken9%

Er trocknet wirklich schnell und hält super

What buyers complain about

88% of reviews
Haltbarkeit29%

hält nicht lange

Lackqualität24%

Der Überlack nahm die Farbe des Unterlackes an

Stärke6%

Zerbrechlich

Farbverblassen/Verfärbung6%

Verfärbung

Empfindlichkeit insgesamt6%

Und nein, ich bin kein Sensibelchen und habe gesunde Nägel

Essie Top Coat return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.3%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Funktionalität insgesamt
13%
2Lackqualität
12%
3Farbe
10%
4Qualität insgesamt
9%
5Produktzustand
8%

Common Essie Top Coat questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Essie Top Coat 40/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €46K/yr across 13 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +31.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Essie Top Coat on Amazon Germany peaks in Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 2.5× the quietest.